Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Tripod surmounted by wreaths, legs terminating in lion's paws, a pair of serpents above and at base; ϘPO (partially retrograde) upwards to left, crab in right field / Incuse tripod as obverse; ϘPO (partially retrograde) upwards to left, crab in right field. Attianese 32; SNG ANS 244-5; HN Italy 2078; SNG Copenhagen 1744; HGC 1, 1444; Voec (forthcoming) prov. no. 326 (this coin). 7.06g, 27mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; among the finest known examples of the issue, with a finely detailed crab. Rare.
From the Voec Collection: An Important Swiss Collection of Magna Graecian Coinage formed 1892-1945 (publication forthcoming).